Elementary Students Compete In Annual Olympics Events Tuesday
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
BOURBON - School spirit and Olympics pride were high among Triton Elementary School students Tuesday.
Nearly 100 sixth-grade students participated in a day packed full of Olympics activities beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing until the end of the school day.
Triton Elementary School teacher and Olympics organizer Linda Bowdler said the event takes place every year.
Students began their day with a parade around the school and across the yard to the old gym, where most activities and awards took place. Students were placed in groups and prior to the Olympics day, each group designed a flag (to be judged by the art department) displaying their name. Names were all Greek and included: Athens, Mycenae, Troy, Delphi and Thebes, among others.
Besides constructing flags, teams also made up their own cheers and presented them to judges during cheer competition around 10 a.m. Other events included a chariot race, javelin competition, jousting, a pentathlon and a marathon taking place both inside and outside on school grounds.
Becky Finchum, volunteer helper and mother of sixth-grader Erica Finchum, said the marathon went over very well with students.
"It's awesome. It was hilarious," Finchum said.
She said the marathon consisted of events such as transporting a hard-boiled egg by spoon, bobbing for olives in a pan filled with flour and doing sit-ups and jumping jacks (among other events), followed by a somersault, to complete the marathon. Team members signed up prior to the event for their leg of the race and tagged each other to move on to the next leg.
The Olympics day concluded with refreshments and an awards ceremony for top scorers.
Bowdler said the Olympics day required hours of planning and gathering materials. Many parents also volunteered their time to help with events and serve as chaperones and/or team leaders.
Although the day was packed with fun-filled activities, it also was educational for students.
"That's what they're studying in school now - the Olympics," Finchum said. "Hence, that's why we did this."
Bowdler said the teaching staff tries to do fun activities to go along with subjects the students are studying in class. Coming up for students at TES is the Medieval Fest in the old gym Feb. 3. Bowdler said the entire gym will be decorated with a medieval theme and food from the time period will be served. [[In-content Ad]]
BOURBON - School spirit and Olympics pride were high among Triton Elementary School students Tuesday.
Nearly 100 sixth-grade students participated in a day packed full of Olympics activities beginning at 9:30 a.m. and continuing until the end of the school day.
Triton Elementary School teacher and Olympics organizer Linda Bowdler said the event takes place every year.
Students began their day with a parade around the school and across the yard to the old gym, where most activities and awards took place. Students were placed in groups and prior to the Olympics day, each group designed a flag (to be judged by the art department) displaying their name. Names were all Greek and included: Athens, Mycenae, Troy, Delphi and Thebes, among others.
Besides constructing flags, teams also made up their own cheers and presented them to judges during cheer competition around 10 a.m. Other events included a chariot race, javelin competition, jousting, a pentathlon and a marathon taking place both inside and outside on school grounds.
Becky Finchum, volunteer helper and mother of sixth-grader Erica Finchum, said the marathon went over very well with students.
"It's awesome. It was hilarious," Finchum said.
She said the marathon consisted of events such as transporting a hard-boiled egg by spoon, bobbing for olives in a pan filled with flour and doing sit-ups and jumping jacks (among other events), followed by a somersault, to complete the marathon. Team members signed up prior to the event for their leg of the race and tagged each other to move on to the next leg.
The Olympics day concluded with refreshments and an awards ceremony for top scorers.
Bowdler said the Olympics day required hours of planning and gathering materials. Many parents also volunteered their time to help with events and serve as chaperones and/or team leaders.
Although the day was packed with fun-filled activities, it also was educational for students.
"That's what they're studying in school now - the Olympics," Finchum said. "Hence, that's why we did this."
Bowdler said the teaching staff tries to do fun activities to go along with subjects the students are studying in class. Coming up for students at TES is the Medieval Fest in the old gym Feb. 3. Bowdler said the entire gym will be decorated with a medieval theme and food from the time period will be served. [[In-content Ad]]